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Itanium 2 ImpactSoftware / Systems
MSC.Software
Jay Clark
Director, Business Development
High Performance Computing
Agenda
• What MSC.Software does • Software vendor point of view
– Port Experience– Application Availability
• High Performance Computing point of view– Building Compute Clusters– HP’s Itanium 2™ impact on HPC
• PNNL implementation• Summary
MSC.Software
Founded in 1963 producing engineering simulation software, remains market leader Strong financial momentum and visibility helping customers with their entire IT needs Offers Software, Services, and System through its over 50 offices worldwide MSC.Software's customers include BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota, Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, United Technologies, DuPont, Eastman Kodak and Motorola
Leader in simulation technologyLeader in simulation technology
Traditionally provide simulation software Simulation Now also Integrate design and simulation systems,
including complete high performance computing (HPC) systems
Insight “See” inside my problem Results = Reality (Believe in
results) Saves Money
Don’t have to build as many prototypes
Saves Time Modelling on the computer
is faster than testing
Agenda
• What MSC.Software Does• Software vendor point of view
– Port Experience– Application Availability
• HPC’s point of view– Building Compute Clusters– HP’s Itanium 2™ impact on HPC
• Customer Implementation• Summary
Why Itanium 2™: Large Problems, Scalable
• Engineering Challenges: Increase in– numbers of engineers– numbers of simulations– complexity of simulations
• Life Science Challenge:– Data Growth
• Needs:– Higher Capacity Systems– Scalable systems
Approx. 1 GB / Simulation100 - 1.000 Files / Simulation
Approx. 200 objects / Simulation
Approx. 1 GB / Simulation100 - 1.000 Files / Simulation
Approx. 200 objects / Simulation
2 Terabyte / yearat 10 Sim./day
MSC.Nastran
• Leading Finite Element Analysis Code (since 1963)
• Used extensively by hardware manufactures to benchmark new systems
• Demands:– CPU speed, FP– Memory speed / address– I/O speed– Scalable solution DMP– Any one can be a bottle neck
MSC.Nastran Port
• HP Itanium™ port Available (also on Linux) • Have Itanium™ systems from HP for over 1 year
• Runs on Itanium 2 ™• Currently have the largest collection of Itanium
2™ based boxes available
MSC.Marc
• Leading Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis Code
• Demands:– CPU speed, FP– Memory speed / address– I/O speed– Scalable solution (DDM)– Any one can be a bottle
neck
MSC.Marc Port
• HP Itanium™ port built on HPUX 11.2
• HP & MSC.Software currently and continually working to improve performance
• Port was straight forward including DDM
• Have experience with Linux Itanium™ port as well
• Anticipate Itanium 2™ port to be easy
MSC.Linux Worlds first Commercial Itanium 2 IA-64 Linux
• Specialized for HPC compute clusters
• Linux IA64 port constantly being worked on by community
• HP & MSC.Software currently working to create easy “out of the box” experience with Linux on Itanium 2™
• Integral part of HPC offering
Agenda
• What MSC.Software Does• Software vendor point of view
– Port Experience– Application Availability
• HPC’s point of view– Building Compute Clusters– HP’s Itanium 2™ impact on HPC
• Customer Implementation• Summary
Just One MSC.Software HPC Solution Offering
Business Challenge: Improving time-to-market through optimized product simulation using high-performance computing
Technical Solution: Design Chain Accelerator
Enterprise Hardware Platform: Scaleable Intel® -based Hewlett-Packard servers and workstations
High Performance Computing to Accelerate Product Design
Intel ® Based HP Clusters for High Performance Computing
DCA Architects
Applications: Crash, Structural Analysis, CFD
Processors: Intel Xeon processors and Intel Itanium processor family
Servers: HP-clustered compute servers based on Netservers or HP workstations
Operating System: MSC.Linux and Microsoft Windows 2000-based operating systems
Middleware: Middleware provided with the MSC.Linux distribution
Support: on-site system integration & (IT) service and support
Technology: Design Chain Accelerator
Benefits: Price – Performance
Fluent Rating/$M0 1000 2000 3000 4000
IBM Pseries 690 $2,500,000
HP J6700 $400,000
MSC + HP cluster $130,000
Other cluster $130,000
Compaq GS320 $750,000
SGI Origin 3800 $2,000,000
Sun Sunfire 15K $4,000,000
Fluent Ratings on Large Problem (16 Node Cluster)
bigger is better
Fluent Ratings from www.fluent.com
Implementation: Design Chain Accelerator
Why HP’s Itanium 2™ is a big deal
• Fastest Access to Memory! Not even offered by Intel™
• Scalable Solutions – DMP vs SMP Architecture – 1, 2, 4 Way Systems Packages– Form Factor (rack)
• Larger Problem Size (in Memory)
• Floating Point Performance
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Intel P3, 1 Ghz
Intel P4, 1.5 Ghz
Clock speed is not only factor affectingPerformance
Bandwidth (memory) Instruction set Compilers Application Physics
HP’s Itanium 2 ™ significantly improves memory access
The Secret? hp zx1 chipset
System Bus128 bits wide400 MT/s (MegaTransfers/sec)6.4 GB/s
Memory266 MHz DDRLowest Latency12 DIMMs8.5 GB/s
IO4 GB/sPCI-X/AGP Support
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Agenda
• What MSC.Software Does• Software vendor point of view
– Port Experience– Application Availability
• HPC’s point of view– Building Compute Clusters– HP’s Itanium 2™ impact on HPC
• Customer Implementation• Summary
Pacific Northwest National Lab
• HP & MSC Currently Implementing Itanium 2 ™ Solution (largest collection of Longspeaks in the world)
• Largest Itanium 2 ™ cluster initially based on Longspeak Machines
• Already scheduled to add Madison machines early next year
• Total cluster of over 700 systems
Customer Implementation
Summary
• As a software vendor– Major Applications Ported– HP & MSC.Software working close to improve
performance and optimize on IPF
• As a HPC cluster solution provider– HP’s Itanium 2™ memory access– Packaging– State-of-the-art Supercomputing
Thank You
Design Chain Accelerator: Benefits
• High-performance and exceptional value• Faster design cycles and time-to-market• Reduced product development and
warranty costs• Timely return on investment—typical
production systems are up and running within one day of delivery
• Scaleable—DCA can easily grow as customers’ needs grow
400% Performance Gain @ 1/3 the Cost CFD (Overflow + CFL3D) Allows Boeing to increase aerodynamic
performance and reduce weight Just Implemented another DCA Solution
“I recognized that Linux was the way to go… and that MSC.Software provided a stable, fully supported kernel grounded by their interest in supporting their existing software products and customers.”
“I am very happy with the products and the direction MSC.Software is taking.”
Michael Mills, Senior Technical Specialist
Boeing Space and Communications
DCA: Production Success
Faster with MSC.Linux Easier installation &
administration
Technology: MSC.Linux, Cluster Distribution
MSC.Nastran V2001 Direct Frequency
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MSC.Linux
Redhat
Suse
Runs per Month
Benefits: Optimized with Intel® Architecture
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
Fluent Rating
IBM Pseries 690
HP J6700
MSC.Software + Intel + HP cluster
Other cluster (RedHat)
Compaq GS320
SGI Origin 3800
Sun Sunfire 15K
Fluent Ratings on Large-Class Problems (16 Node Cluster) – bigger is better